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Location: MN | In my opinion, this is a very useful feature for quickly telling where you are in relation to a depth of interest. I'm not familiar with the Helix setup, but on my Garmins you can do up to 10 ranges. Here's what I have for ranges and how I use them:
0-2: shallow water
2-5: shallow sand, 5 ft is roughly inside weed edge on one lake I fish a lot
5-8: area just on weed side of the inside edge or the outside weed edge on dark lakes
8-12: area just outside weeds on darker lake, weed edge on some lakes, shallow reefs some lakes
12-16: similar
16-20: similar
20-25: outside weed edge on clear lakes, mid depth reefs
25-40: area just outside weeds on clear lakes, deeper reefs
40-60: hard/soft transition occurs at approx. 40 ft depth on many lakes I fish
60+: deepest water (I adjust this to specific lake - may be 40, 50, 70, etc.) - often where cold water bait is concentrated when water gets warm | |
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